On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 10:44 AM, Candace Sherriff wrote: > Because in the newspaper industry it would involve a massive amount of > money and time to convert back to Pagemaker (we at PNG started with > Pagemaker.)
Everyone started with Pagemaker. I t was the only app available before Quark brought out Xpress. But who said anything about converting back to Pagemaker? If you read a little closer, you would have seen that I was talking about InDesign. As for money, well, as many places have discovered, like my paper, the ROI from increased productivity and flexibility saves money. Time? The learning period with InDesign is extremely short, given it's use of standard Adobe interface, and it's ability to program shortcuts to mimic Quark, Multi-Ad, etc. All for a price that's much the same as upgrading to QXP 5. > All the papers in the former Southam chain still use Xpress > 3.21 (I think.) And I know there are many other people in the > graphics/publishing industries doing the same. Not so much in BC, but a lot of people I talk to from eastern chains have converted to InDesign, and are loving it. > Quark developed QPS years before Aldus/Adobe came up with anything > similar. Aldus and Adobe aren't the same thing; when Aldus broke up, it was split evenly between the two giants, Adobe and Macromedia. But agreed, Quark stole a jump on everyone. Too bad they then decided to sit on their laurels for more than a decade and watch the world pass them by. I keep thinking about the time a few years back, when Quark announced that it was planning a takeover bid of Adobe. It makes me chuckle when I think of this little, one-app company, planning to go after the world's second-largest software manufacturer. Says something about the level of intelligence running Quark. -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
